We had Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year. It was wonderful. I love having a house full of family. Aleesa and Nate started things off with dance dance while everyone was arriving. They both are very good and very competitive. We had a beautiful dinner. Everyone contributed resulting in plenty of food and lots of variety. Thank you for being so generous. After dinner, the kids took off in various pairs to the toy room, bed rooms, and outside. The girls got to visit and play games (Thanks Dianne for bringing such fun games). Some of the boys started a movie downstairs, and some started the various nintendo selections. As the day evolved, Nate, Lance, Mike, and Dianne ended up playing nintendo for hours and hours. It was like they were kids again. We did get to have cousins sleep over, which my kids thought was fabulous!
We stayed up until well after midnight and set the alarm clocks for 4:00 am. We couldn't miss Black Friday. This was Mike and Brooke's first year to attend the crazyness. Nate and I are old pro's, so we were excited to initiate them. We had a great time and were able to get everything we needed. We did have strategy and planning. The only thing we forgot were the walkie-talkies. Black Friday was a success ending in a delicious breakfast at IHOP. It is always a requirement of Black Friday to end by going out to breakfast.
Tonight we are finishing the day by watching movies (per redbox!) and eating leftovers. I overestimated our families homemade roll eating abilities. I made 150 rolls and have 100 left over!
Tomarrow is Christmas tree cutting day, and the kids know it. They are so excited to get out everything and decorate.
Our family is having a fun filled holiday weekend. Thank you to all our family for sharing in the holiday with us. We love you and are Thankful to have such a good family.
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